Saturday, March 9, 2019

more evidence here displaying the protect and serve nature of 'our' thin blue line;


The incremental use of police officer body cameras over the last decade has proven to be both a huge asset to police accountability as well as a source of constant controversy. Many times, police departments will simply refuse to release potentially incriminating video, while other times, officers turn them off before committing a crime. As the following case illustrates, despite being required to film all their interactions, many cops will do the exact opposite when they are about to inflict violence on compliant individuals.  
Last August, Sammie Anderson made the mistake of contacting the police to help break up an argument between her two sons. By the time police arrived, however, the argument was over. But this did not prevent the responding officers from escalating the situation.
When police responded, officers tackled Mrs. Anderson and then tasered one of her sons. The son who was tasered appeared to be entirely compliant with the orders given to him to lie on the ground. He was not a threat.
As the video shows, when police arrived, the scene was quiet and there was no disturbance. However, when officers Patrick Krekel, Bryan Scott-Lee, Courie Bryant, Kendall McGill, Ryan Money and Larry Walker arrived, the scene quickly descended into chaos.
When the officers got out of their cars, they held the family at gunpoint and demanded to know if they were fighting.
“No one’s fighting,’’ said Anderson’s third son, Sam, who walked up after just arriving from work.
Officers then yelled for everyone to get on the ground, to which Matt and his mother immediately complied. Sam is seen walking closer and that’s when Anderson gets up to warn her son to get down.
“Do as you’re told or you’re going to get Tased!’’ officer Scott-Lee said............https://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/body-cams-go-dark-as-cops-start-beating-up-family-but-dashcam-shows-the-truth/242912

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